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Three MIT researchers have been elected fellows of the American Physical Society (APS) for 2023. The APS Fellowship Program was created in 1921 for those in the physics community to recognize peers who have contributed to advances in physics through

The American Physical Society named MIT's Paola Cappellaro, Maria Gatu Johnson, and Bradley Olsen as APS Fellows for their research, applications, teaching, and leadership. Ten additional MIT alumni were also named.

War destroys cities and society, and unfortunately the Eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv knows about this all too much. In 2022, Russia bombarded the city, destroying homes, schools, hospitals and other educational infrastructure in the process. But

Munich-based Proxima Fusion has secured €7m in pre-seed funding make stellarator fusion power plants a commercial reality.

Erukhimova is being honored by the American Physical Society for outreach excellence with the Nicholson Medal.

Getting a bright light in a small space may not sound like a big deal, but scientists may have done it. Heres how it could change the world.

With extra government help German firms are attempting to make working fusion reactors.

Last month the German government announced an additional €370m (£320m; $390m) in funding for nuclear fusion research and development. "We want to create a fusion ecosystem with industry, so that a fusion power plant in Germany becomes reality as quickly as possible," said Minister of Research, Bettina Stark-Watzinger. Nuclear fusion is the reaction that powers the sun.

Several years ago I began researching the phenomenon of ball lightning since it comes up so frequently in discussions of

The complex, officially known as CRAFT, will feature doughnut-shaped vacuum chamber and massive superconducting magnet for fusion experiments, according to Xinhua report.